22 Similar French And Spanish Words You Should Recognize

The French word for sleep is identical to the Spanish word. To say “to sleep” in its infinitive form, the verb you’ll need is dormir. These similar French and Spanish words have their origins in the Latin word dormire, which means “to fall asleep”.

If you want to say “to come” in Spanish, use the infinitive verb venir. If you’re going to say it in French, use the same infinitive verb venir. Their conjugations are also quite similar.

You can see that the verbs for the infinitive phrase “to go past” are very similar French and Spanish words. They are conjugated similarly as well.

As you can see, the Spanish and French words for “war” are incredibly similar. There is one letter difference. However, speakers pronounce these words very differently. In Spanish, you pronounce the word guerra “ger-rah”. In French, speakers pronounce the word guerre as: “gheer”. Both of these nouns are feminine and use the la article.

If you want to say “hill” in Spanish, you use the word colina, pronounced koh-li-na. In French, it’s colline, pronounced kou-leen. Again, both nouns are feminine and use the la article to modify them.

The word “bridge” translates to another similar French and Spanish word. In Spanish, “bridge” is puente, and in French, the word is ponte. Each of these nouns is masculine. Use el in Spanish or le in French to modify them.

The similar French and Spanish words oreja and oreille mean “ear” in English.

You have two similar French and Spanish words to say “size” and refer to your clothing size. Talla is “size” in Spanish, and taille is “size” in French. Again, you’ll notice that both words are feminine in French and Spanish.

You’ll notice no spelling differences between French and English for this noun. The word “television” is practically identical in both languages. The only difference is the accent marks, yet speakers similarly pronounce these words. One bonus fact about these words is that you can shorten “television” to la télé in French and la tele in Spanish.

If you want to say “love” in Spanish, use the word amor. If you’re going to say it in French, use amour. There’s a minor difference between the spelling of these words and minor pronunciation differences. Both are masculine nouns in the singular form and originate in the Latin word amor. In French, amour is a feminine noun in the plural version.

These two words for “tree” are similar. They have their origins in the Latin word arbor. Both are masculine nouns and use the articles l’ in French and el in Spanish. What you may find interesting is the fact that the French word arbre is identical to the Catalan word for tree, which is also l’arbre.

To say “Earth” in Spanish, use the word tierra. To say it in French, use terre. These two related French and Spanish words have their origins in the Latin word terra. They are both feminine, and you can modify them with the feminine article la in Spanish and French.

The word “raspberry” in Spanish is frambuesa, and its French counterpart is framboise. Both frambuesa and framboise are feminine nouns, and you can modify them using the feminine article la in French and Spanish.

These similar French and Spanish words both mean “milk”. They have their origins in the Latin noun lac. Whereas the Spanish word leche is feminine, the French word lait is masculine. Use the article la when modifying leche and le when modifying lait.

Both jamón and jambon mean “ham” in English. Each word is masculine in French and Spanish, meaning you should modify them with the article el in Spanish and le in French

There are some similarities between the French and Spanish words for “bread”. Both are masculine, so use the article el when modifying the word pan and le when modifying pain. These words originate from the Latin word panis, which means “bread”.

Two more similar French and Spanish words are pollo and poulet. Both these words are masculine and use the masculine articles el and le to modify them. Poulet and pollo have their origins in the Latin word pullus, which means “chicken”.

Both vino and vin mean “wine” in English. These French and Spanish words are both masculine. They originate from the Latin word vinum, meaning “wine” or “grape”.

Both grand and grande mean “big”. The main difference between these adjectives is their pronunciation. Spaniards pronounce each letter and syllable in the word grande, giving us ghran-deh, while grand is pronounced with one syllable, giving us ghraun.

You may notice that these two adjectives are completely identical. There is a difference in pronunciation. Triste in Spanish is pronounced trist-eh and triste in French is pronounced treest. These words both mean “sad” in English.

Here are two similar French and Spanish adjectives that speakers pronounced very differently. Both mean “cold” in English. In Spanish, you pronounce the word frío free-oh; in French, you pronounce froid this way: fouah. These words can be nouns as well, depending on the context. They are both masculine nouns, so use el frio in Spanish and le froid in French to say “the cold”.

Lento and lent are two adjectives that mean “slow”. These words have their origins in the Latin word frīgidus, which means “cold”. The pronunciation of these words is different. You pronounce lento “len-toh”, whereas lent is pronounced luh.